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Leersia oryzoides - Boehmeria cylindrica - Ranunculus flabellaris Wet Meadow | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Leersia oryzoides - Boehmeria cylindrica - Ranunculus flabellaris Wet Meadow
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This open, graminoid-dominated herbaceous community occurs on the flat to gently sloping bottoms or moats of calcareous sinkhole ponds in the Valley and Ridge Province of northwest New Jersey. The dominant species are <i>Boehmeria cylindrica, Leersia oryzoides</i>, and <i>Ranunculus flabellaris</i>. The most common associates include <i>Bidens connata, Bidens frondosa, Carex lupulina, Carex squarrosa, Echinochloa muricata var. muricata, Eleocharis acicularis, Eleocharis palustris, Glyceria septentrionalis, Pilea pumila, Polygonum amphibium</i>, and <i>Sparganium emersum</i>. In disturbed conditions the non-native species <i>Polygonum persicaria</i> or <i>Microstegium vimineum</i> may be present and locally abundant. Rare plants associated with this community include <i>Glyceria acutiflora, Ranunculus flabellaris</i>, and <i>Sagittaria cuneata</i>. This herbaceous community occurs primarily on Ordovician Allentown dolomite with glacial outwash (kettle) surficial deposits. Occasionally it occurs in solution sinkholes on Epler Rickenbach dolomite with glacial till/bedrock complex surficial deposits. The soils are muck, rarely silty clay or silt marl, and overlay clay, sandy clay, shell marl, peat or bedrock. This community is seasonally flooded. Slope is flat to gentle or occasionally moderate. Aspect is variable and elevation range is 150 to 185 m (492-610 feet) above mean sea level. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35289-{18F1C175-F440-4D5D-8C20-A7642CD55231}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 23
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 27-Jan-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.742150 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006903
  Translated: Rice Cutgrass - Small-spike False Nettle - Yellow Water Buttercup Wet Meadow
  Scientific: Leersia oryzoides - Boehmeria cylindrica - Ranunculus flabellaris Wet Meadow
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Leersia oryzoides - Boehmeria cylindrica - Ranunculus flabellaris Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Leersia oryzoides - Boehmeria cylindrica - Ranunculus flabellaris Herbaceous Vegetation